"The Journey"
Does the poem have a rhyme scheme?
No
“Volar” is told in the tense, from a point of view.
past; first-person
Denotation
The textbook definition of a term.
What does Steven Callahan say is the reason he survived?
His attitude that he was going to survive.
What does the word "futile" mean
having no result or effect
Whose voice did the speaker hear towards the end of the poem?
Their own voice.
What kind of writing is "Volar"
Fictional Narrative
Revise
To alter something already written to make corrections and improve writing.
Steven Callahan got lost where?
At sea
What loss caused the speaker to go on the hike?
The death of her mother.
What did the other voices say to the speaker?
"Mend my life"
Does the speaker actually fly during the story?
No, she was talking about what she would do in her dreams.
A spoken or written account of connected events that tells a story
Narrative
What stopped Joe Simpson from falling to his death?
He fell onto a crevasse.
Where was the narrator hiking?
The Pacific Crest Trail
What most likely is the traveler’s reason for leaving “the voices”?
They want her to manage their lives, not her own.
Who are the parents afraid of in the story?
The landlord.
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What activities did Callahan do to keep himself sane?
Yoga and journaling
Does the narrator throw her boot over the edge of the mountain?
Yes
What obstacles are on the speaker's path?
Rocks and branches
What does the mother say she wishes she could do at the end of the story?
She says she wishes she could fly.
Strategies of word use in a poem (assonance, alliteration, consonance, figurative language, imagery, etc.)
Poetic Elements
Which survivor lived off of barnacles and bird for three months?
Steven Callahan
To morph means to...
change or transform